LocationOne Information System (LOIS) is a real-time, on-line economic development site selection tool. LOIS provides you with a GIS-enhanced site database system which gives you a strong competitive advantage in the rough and tumble world of site selection. Once you are a LOIS user you can enjoy customized websites that showcase the advantages of your community. It doesn't matter how large you are since any sized community can meet the needs of the site selection community with LOIS.

The Best Way to Link Up Buyers and Sellers
With more than 6,500 communities in 18 states already discovering the best generation of site/building search engines, LOIS is a market leader. In less than ten years, LOIS has grown from serving the needs of a small group of local economic development professionals to serving as the primary selection data base in the United States.

How Did a Local Solution Become a National Powerhouse?
LOIS was created by Economic Development Professionals for Economic Development Professionals. LOIS is based on full compliance with the International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) Site Selection Data Guidelines. LOIS meets the needs of site selectors and real estate consultants.

What Makes LOIS So Special?
Size
More exposure means more suitors for your sites. Given the scope of the data in LOIS site selectors can simply find more options (including yours) to fill their needs.

Evens the Competitive Playing Field
LOIS makes you look good...whoever and where ever you are. Small communities are on an equal playing field with large communities and metro areas.

"There is nothing else like it out there. Virtually all site searches begin on the web and now our 300 communities can compete on a level playing field - from the 50-person village to the 200,000-person city."

-- John Helms, Research Manager, Mississippi Development Authority and Board Member, The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) (formerly ACCRA).

Easy to Use
A simple to use web-based interface allows you to easily view, edit or add information about your community. LOIS has an extensive set of out-of-the-box functionalities, which do not require special software or operating system.

"Many of the communities we serve have found LOIS so easy to use. We think sites and buildings go online faster, because communities don't find it a daunting task to enter the data. Our communities also love how they can integrate the database directly into their own website and filter only their own properties"

-- Shelly Turner, Alliant Energy

Follows the Law
The LOIS system is on the cutting edge of compliance with IEDC data standards.

"LocationOne's compliance with IEDC data fields is a tremendous advantage to us when responding to RFPs, We are prepared to react more quickly than ever, as many requests require us to present data consistent with IEDC guidelines."

-- Marlena Bandurski, Research Director, Greater Des Moines Partnership and Vice Chair of The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER).

In the Blink of an Eye
LOIS provides you with a way to update you information in real-time.

"The Cobb Chamber needed to get a site and building database online very quickly.  The staff with LOIS had us up and running in lightning speed."

-- Katy Cleveland, Business Development and Research Manager, Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Georgia

Plays Well With Others
LOIS helps you create strong partnerships between all local and regional economic development groups with collaborative features built right into the system.

"Through participation in this robust database, economic development professionals are experiencing the rewards of unprecedented data-sharing."

-- Cheryl Welge, Ameren's Business Development Executive

Click on the thumbnail images below to view enlarged screenshot. You will notice the data is shared among the three different organizations.

Won't Break Your Budget or Your Back
The cost per community is affordable, manageable and easy to administer.

"We have been providing LOIS to our communities for more than seven years. LOIS provides a comprehensive site and building database system critical to our economic development partners’ success. Due to the affordability, quality and functionality of the system, MidAmerican works to ensure communities implement and maintain its use by providing it at no cost. This is made possible by the lowest, unmatched costs by the system provider.”

-- Kathryn Kunert, MidAmerican Energy